Congrats,
ISRO!!!!
India’s Mars Orbiter Mission has swept with effortless
ease into orbit around the Red Planet, making this country the first to achieve
such a feat in a maiden attempt. Thus
far, only the United States, the former Soviet Union and the European Space
Agency have succeeded in doing so. But they too did not achieve this feat in
their maiden voyage. India and its space agency, the Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO), now proudly join their ranks.
It is a tribute to ISRO and the professionalism of its
scientists and engineers that every minute detail for such a complex mission
could be attended to in the course of a project completed in just one and a
half years. India’s Mars effort costs Rs.460 crore, an economical price tag by
Western standards.
Our tireless scientists have been working for years to
achieve this. The success of ISRO
demonstrated that we are behind no one as far as brains and will power is
concerned. The dedicated team of scientists,
engineers, technologists and other staff deserve to be commended for this
concurrent engineering feat. Electronics and communications, computing
sciences, material sciences, structural engineering, electrical technologies,
remote sensing and many other such disciplines have come together concurrently
to make this possible along with the foresight, vision, planning,
administration and management capabilities of a team of scientists and
engineers. ISRO should also be looking at giving a thrust to civilian spin-offs
from these technologies. It is also gratifying to see that many women and
youngsters are at the fore-front of these projects. Organisations like DRDO,
ISRO and CSIR should strive to raise the productive workforce from 30 to 40%
now, by taking steps to institute the right work culture and strategies and
educate the youngsters on such approaches. The results from such a galvanizing
of human capital can be staggering!
For the most of the Indians who do not understand the
science of space exploration - the engineering part and the mathematical part
of guiding the craft - remains a matter of little interest, and perhaps rightly
so. There is a sense of triumph and pride which the whole nation shares with
the hundreds of scientists of the ISRO. ISRO’s success in the mission to the
Red Planet is creditworthy and a justifiable reason for national pride and
celebrations
With the success of Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), a new
chapter has been opened in India where a purely government organisation (ISRO)
has worked with professionalism, competence of the highest level in scientific
field and above all with the much requried economy. The ISRO stands out as the finest government organisation today
and should inspire other government agencies to emulate ISRO's standards.
Generally, Indians do not have a good opinion about anything involving our
governments at any levels and accordingly they do not expect any quality work
from the governments. But ISRO is definitely going to change that perception of
average Indian not only in within the country but also outside, towards government
organisations. Apart from its scientific value, ISRO is setting higher
standards of work which is as much important as the MOM. This is the beginning
of a new era in India's overall work culture and ISRO gets the lion's share.
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